BEDE FROM ABBEY OF LOCMARIA, BRETAGNE

MS 2036
MS Short Title BEDE FROM ABBEY OF LOCMARIA, BRETAGNE
Text BEDE: IN MARCI EVANGELIUM EXPOSITIO
Description MS in Latin on vellum, Abbey of Locmaria, Finistère, Bretagne, ca. 1100, 78 ff. (complete), 21x13 cm, single column, (18x10 cm), 41 lines in an early Romanesque script with many insular features. 2036
Binding France, 19th c., limp vellum on half boards, sewn on 5 cords.
Provenance 1. Abbey of Locmaria of the Fontevrists, Quimper, Finistère (ca. 1100-); 2. A. Villand (1569); 3. Private collection, Eastern France (-1995); 4. Sandra Hindman, Chicago, Ill.
Commentary 95 MSS of the present text are known. This is the only one in private ownership.
Exhibited Oslo Katedralskole 850 år, Jubileumsutstilling 10. - 14. March 2003.
Place of origin Locmaria, Bretagne
Dates ca 1100 AD